The River
Bruce Springsteen
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1. I come from down the valley, where mister when you're young,
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they bring you up to do, like your daddy done.
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Me and Mary we met in high school when she was just seventeen
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We'd drive out of this valley down to where the fields were green. We’d go…
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Refr. …down to the river and into the river we'd dive. Oh oh, down to the river we'd ride.
2. Then I got Mary pregnant and, man, that was all she wrote
and for my nineteenth birthday, I got a union card and a wedding coat.
We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest.
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle, no flowers, no wedding dress. That night we went…
Refr. …down to the river and into the river we'd dive. Oh oh, down to the river we'd ride.
3. I got a job working construction for the Johnston Company
but lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy.
Now all them things that seemed so important well mister they vanished right into the air.
Now I just act like I don't remember, Mary acts like she don't care.
4. But I remember us riding in my brother's car. Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir.
At night on them banks I'd lie awake and pull her close just to feel every breath she'd take.
Now those memories come back to haunt me, they haunt me like a curse.
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse, that sends me…
Refr. …down to the river. I know the river is dry. Oh oh, down to the river we'd ride.
Refr. Down to the river and into the river we'd dive. Oh oh, down to the river we'd ride.
Intro.